While Gilmer Hernandez, a Texas deputy sheriff, was being persecuted prosecuted and Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean remain imprisoned– for doing their duty– where was President Bush?

He was again in Mexico, spouting more hype: “The United States respects rule of law, but in the debate on migration,  I remind my fellow citizens that family values do not stop at the Rio Grande River.”

I call that statement “hype” because if the rule of law were indeed followed by the Bush administration, our southern border would have long ago been secured. Furthermore, the rosy bit about “family values” is clearly intended to point to Mexico… does Mr. Bush fully realize that he was elected by legal Americans, not by Mexicans? That it is his sworn duty to uphold our constitution and laws, including our immigration laws?

I believe he fully realizes those points, and also that he fully intends to continue to ignore them wherever they oppose the wishes of himself, his advisors and  corporate interests. While he is clearly sympathetic to the plight of the millions of illegals that his administration has allowed through inaction, he seems either unaware or downright callous toward the plight of the American worker– those who elected him and who he should, by every moral, ethical and legal reason be supporting– rather than those who violate our laws.

While he defends the dismissal of federal attorneys by Gonzalez, he wholly supports the repugnant actions of Johnny Sutton. Sutton has prosecuted the Patrol agents and the deputy mentioned above, while granting immunity to dope peddlers. If you believe there is something basically rotten here, give yourself a gold star.

Our country and the people’s will has never before in history been so blatantly ignored and ill-served as it has been by this administration and this congress. God help us if we do not stop voting these characters into office. Both Republican and Democratic pukes politicians clearly seem to be more loyal to their respective parties and to the corporate interests who finance their misconduct than to their country.

We can only hope and pray that they don’t completely ruin our way of life before they can hopefully be booted out at the next elections– or better yet– impeached.